2.There is no second chance…there is no chance of making mistakes."
 That's why Dr.Omer Mei-Dan and others who enjoyed base-jumping and wingsuit(翼裝) flying were sad but not surprised by the recent deaths of three extreme sports enthusiasts.
Mark Sutton,the English parachutist(跳傘者),died on August 14 in Switzerland when he flew into a rocky ridge(山脊) in a wingsuit.Not even a week afterward,Mario Richard,a Canadian base-jumper,died in Italy during a wingsuit flight,when he"apparently failed to clear a rock by three meters."And most recently,Hungarian wingsuit flyer Victor Kovats died in Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie on Oct.9 during a practice flight ahead of the World Championships.
According to Mei-Dan,six to seven percent of the 3,000 or so base-jumpers who use wingsuits or parachutes die each year-a huge number when you consider the most dangerous job in America,logging which has an annual death rate well under one percent of the workers.
Base-jumpers and wingsuit flyers are experienced.They have hundreds of practice before trying to fly from buildings,cliffs and towers.The same goes for those who drop from helicopters above mountains and valleys and then use their wingsuits to try to whiz by(飛速掠過) as close as possible to the rocks and ridges below.
Among the dangers,said Mei-Dan,is the temptation to"push the envelope":To try to get close to a rock wall,for example,than anyone else."When you push the envelope and you can not have any error at all,or you have to pay for it with your life."
So why do it?The experience of flying toward the ground in a wingsuit is almost indescribable."It's something that you really have to try to understand-what type of feeling you get when you're free falling next to a cliff,"Mei-Dan said.
41.What's the main idea of the first paragraph?D
A.Trying wingsuit flying once is enough.
B.Wingsuit flying is always easy to do.
C.Wingsuit flying lasts only a short time.
D.Even a single mistake in wingsuit flying is disastrous.
42.How did other flyers react to the recent deaths of their fellows?D
A.They thought the deaths could have been avoided.
B.They felt the need of reconsidering the safety of wingsuit flying.
C.They were sad and were in deep sorrow.
D.They felt sad but did not find the deaths surprising.
43.What does the third paragraph tell us?A
A.How the three wingsuit flyers died
B.Why wingsuit flying is so dangerous.
C.Where wingsuit flying is most dangerous
D.What a wingsuit flyer's career is like.
44.What does the underlined phrase"push the envelope"mean?D
A.To attempt to push further in a wingsuit.
B.To risk moving the envelope away.
C.To be determined to give up on oneself.
D.To try to go beyond the normal limits of something.
45.The extreme sports enthusiasts like wingsuit flying because theyC.
A.want to know what it feels like           
B.wish to describe the experience
C.enjoy the wonderful experience        
D.devote themselves to scientific research.

分析 本文主要講述了人們喜歡跳傘和翼裝飛行的原因,他們都知道飛行的危險,因此會為不幸喪生的人感到傷心但卻不會驚訝,喜歡翼裝飛行是因為他們享受那些美好的體驗.作者通過這篇文章告訴我們做有些事時一些微小的錯誤也是會致命的.

解答 41.D  理解推斷題,由第一段There is no second chance…there is no chance of making mistakes."可知我們沒有機會犯錯誤,有時候一個小錯誤會導致嚴重的事故,在翼裝飛行甚至一個錯誤是災難性的,故選D.
42.D  細節(jié)理解題,由第二段That's why Dr.Omer Mei-Dan and others who enjoyed base-jumping and wingsuit(翼裝) flying were sad but not surprised by the recent deaths of three extreme sports enthusiasts.可知他們對于同伴的死感到悲傷但是并不驚訝,故選D.
43.A  段落大意題,第三段主要講述了三位翼裝飛行者是如何去世的,故選A.
44.D  推理判斷題,根據(jù)Among the dangers,said Mei-Dan,is the temptation to"push the envelope":To try to get close to a rock wall,for example,than anyone else."When you push the envelope and you can not have any error at all,or you have to pay for it with your life."可知當你試圖超越某些東西的正常范圍是,你可能會不犯錯或者你需要用你的生命支付它,故選D.
45.C  細節(jié)理解他,由最后一段The experience of flying toward the ground in a wingsuit is almost indescribable."It's something that you really have to try to understand-what type of feeling you get when you're free falling next to a cliff,"Mei-Dan said.可知他們喜歡翼裝飛行是因為他們享受那些美好的體驗,故選C.

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